Sunday, December 23, 2012

Eggs & Berries #1

Since I have a willing companion, I decided to try
out the restaurant Eggs and Berries (there’s little chance that I will travel
all the way to Changi City Point by myself).

We took the route that Street Directory provided,
taking bus 858 and changing to bus 31 at the Tampines Bus Interchange (that’s
the long way, the better way will be to take the MRT to Expo – Changi City
Point is just beside the Expo MRT station.

The restaurant was relatively easy to find. It’s a
cheery little place with colorful striped chairs and tablemats. It was dinnertime
by the time we arrived, and they had this cute egg-shaped table light (that is
lighted by a light bulb). We were seated in a cozy corner seat.

Oh my, the whole A3 size menu on one side is dedicated to all-day breakfast, it
looks like I will be coming back here quite often. I was famished, so I ordered
two main courses – Cheese and Beef Omelette and Eggs Benedict, with pancakes as
side dish (as suggested in “

Singapore's 5 Best All-Day Breakfast Joints” and hot
chocolate for drink, while he had Grilled Chicken and Steak.

The hot chocolate came first, arriving in a small
glass mug placed on a glass dish. It’s delicious, exactly how hot chocolate is
supposed to taste like, all creamy and chocolaty.

Next, my Cheese and Beef Omelette arrived, with the
pancakes in a small side dish, and there is a rattan basket of chocolate sauce,
raspberry sauce and maple syrup for the pancakes. I dug into the omelette –
cheese and beef make such a wonderful combination (Sean loves it, evident from
the words of praises coming from someone who is so stingy with praises when it
comes to food).

After polishing off the omelette, I went on to the
pancakes. Just like it was described in “Singapore’s 5 Best All-Day Breakfast
Joints”, they are ‘extra light and
pillow-like’. Since there are three of the pancakes and I have three
sauces, I had every pancake with a different sauce. The maple syrup is normal,
it’s just like the ones McDonald have. The raspberry sauce has a slightly sour
taste to it, which I rather liked, but I have to say the one that stands out is
the chocolate sauce. It’s not those chocolate syrups that you get from
supermarkets, it’s thick like real melted chocolate (but I could be wrong).

My second main course arrived shortly. It is
just as described in “Singapore’s 5 Best All-Day Breakfast Joints” ‘The Eggs Benedict have yolks that are done to perfection
–sunshine-orange that flows like lava at a poke. Served on toasted English muffins with bacon, ham, hash browns and
salad, it comes with sides such as lima beans and a carved tomato topped with
garlic, breadcrumbs and herbs’.

Learning
from Sean’s mistake, I scooped the whole yolk using a fork and stuffed it into
my mouth. The egg yolk burst in my mouth like fireworks.

I am one of those people who
feel that a meal should end on a sweet note, so I had Crème Brulee for desert.
There was nothing special about the crème brulee itself, but it came in the
cutest egg-shaped glass vessel.